SLIDE SHOW: BGPD pairs up with Alvaton students for Target’s annual Heroes and Helpers
Published 2:09 pm Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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Bowling Green Police Department Community Resource officer Amber Kae Bowman helps Alvaton Elementary student Jovanni Monroe, 6, pick out Christmas gifts during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Bowling Green Police Officer Andria Keating chats with Alvaton Elementary student Ahvyana Monroe, 7, as they pick out Christmas gifts for her during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Alvaton Elementary student Jeremy Roberts, 6, admires the Christmas gifts he picked out for himself with help from Bowling Green Police cadets Deandre Wilson-Fugate (left) and Luke Roche (right) during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Bowling Green Police cadets Kamryn Marsh (right) and Skyler Chavoen (center) help Alvaton Elementary student Maddox Garms, 10, (left) find a Simpsons Funko Pop during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Alvaton Elementary student Jovanni Monroe, 6, looks at card and board games alongside Bowling Green Police Department Community Resource officer Amber Kae Bowman as they pick out Christmas gifts for him during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Alvaton Elementary student Ahvyana Monroe, 7, smiles at a toy as she picks out Christmas gifts for herself with the help of Bowling Green Police Officer Andria Keating during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Bowling Green Police cadets Deandre Wilson-Fugate (left) and Luke Roche (center) help Alvaton Elementary student Jeremy Roberts, 6, pick out Christmas gifts for him during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Alvaton Elementary student Jovanni Monroe, 6, checks out his cart full of Christmas gifts he picked out for himself with the help of Bowling Green Police Department Community Resource officer Amber Kae Bowman during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Bowling Green Police Officer Andria Keating helps Alvaton Elementary student Ahvyana Monroe, 7, pick out Christmas gifts for her during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Alvaton Elementary student Jeremy Roberts, 6, smiles alongside Bowling Green Police cadets Deandre Wilson-Fugate (right) and Luke Roche (left) after they shopped for Christmas gifts for him during the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Ten Alvaton Elementary School students paired up with BGPD officers, cadets and dispatchers to use $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
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Several Bowling Green Police Department officers, cadets and dispatchers paired up with 10 Alvaton Elementary School students for the third annual Heroes and Helpers holiday event at Target on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. The event provides the opportunity to pair local students with first responders to spend around $140 each in grant funds through Target’s Heroes & Helpers program to shop for needed and wanted items for Christmas.
